My Son's Father Forgot His Birthday

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🗓️ 3 March 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Krystal's son was born out of wedlock, and his birth father's lack of involvement is hurting the boy. Email questions or comments: [email protected] - Participate on the radio program: call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment.

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from two to five PM Eastern time on serious XM.
0:10.0	I'm 11. Crystal, welcome to the program. Hi there. Hi. What can I do for you? I am a single parent of a 13 year old. Is that the worst widow or never married?
0:29.0	No, I'm sorry. Never married. Okay. Go ahead.
0:36.0	Over the last 13 years, he's probably spent maybe a month or so with his child.
0:43.0	My son just had his 13th birthday about two weeks ago.
0:49.0	Today, he received a card in the mail from his dad. Oh, he's...
0:57.0	May I ask a few questions about the bio dad? Go ahead.
1:03.0	You guys were not married. Had you been dating for a long time when you got pregnant?
1:11.0	About 12 years.
1:14.0	And in the 12 years, this was the first pregnancy?
1:18.0	Correct. He was the only guy I've been with.
1:22.0	No, I didn't ask about men. I said, is this the first pregnancy you had?
1:26.0	So how did you keep from getting pregnant for 12 years of sex?
1:31.0	Protection.
1:33.0	And what happened that night?
1:36.0	I'm not sure. I guess it was just...
1:45.0	What happened?
1:47.0	So two of you did not say, let's try to have a baby.
1:53.0	Correct.
1:58.0	And the reason you were going with him for 12 years with no marriage, etc.
2:06.0	No plans for the future was...
2:12.0	Well, everything was going smoothly and we were having our life together and didn't see the marriage step.
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